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May 1683Born on Saturday May 1, 1683
- Hendrickus (2) Van Den Bril, Boom (Antwerpen, België)
- Leentje Maertensdr. Duijndam, Noordwijk
- Egidius Dirck van MOL, Vessem, 4320, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1721)
- Anne Thérèse LOVINUS, SPA, Liège, Belgique († 1742)
- Kindje van Teijens, Beetsterzwaag, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1683)
- Hendrick Willems Kraaijenkamp, Amersfoort, Netherlands
- Joannes Van Hesbeen, Wijnegem († 1757)
- Dieuwke Dirks, Holwerd, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1773)
- Catharina Buyens, Temse
- Jacobus van der Putten, Mierlo
Died on Saturday May 1, 1683
- Araentje Cornelisdr. van der Harch (28), Veur, ZH, Nederland
- Jan Jansz. van der Voort (43), Oegstgeest
- Maria Blondeel (33), Maldegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Elisabeth Beckers (19), Tessenderlo, Limburg, Belgie
- Elisabetha Govaert (Gohaert), Assenede (OVL)
- Michael van Brockhusen Heer van Lüskow (70), Lüskow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Claude Pernot (86), Servance, 70489, Haute Saône, Franche-Comté, France
- Anne SAUVO, Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert, 24, Dordogne, Dordogne
- René DUBOIS (65), Etableau, 37350, France
- Jan Janssen Dominicus
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 1, 1683 at Delpher
Born on May 1
- 1585 » Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint († 1612)
- 1591 » Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer († 1666)
- 1594 » John Haynes, English-American politician, 1st Governor of the Colony of Connecticut († 1653)
- 1602 » William Lilly, English astrologer († 1681)
- 1672 » Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician († 1719)
- 1730 » Joshua Rowley, English admiral († 1790)
- 1735 » Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch admiral and philanthropist († 1819)
- 1751 » Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright († 1820)
- 1764 » Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1820)
- 1769 » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1852)
Died on May 1
- 1539 » Isabella of Portugal (b. 1503)
- 1555 » Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
- 1572 » Pope Pius V (b. 1504)
- 1668 » Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (b. 1604)
- 1730 » François de Troy, French painter and engraver (b. 1645)
- 1731 » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)
- 1738 » Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669)
- 1772 » Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719)
- 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
- 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
Names that were popular for boys in 1683
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Johannes
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jean
- Willem
- John
- Hendrik
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Johann
- Thomas
- Pierre
Names that were popular for girls in 1683
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Neeltje
- Cornelia
- Johanna
- Jannetje
- Mary
- Elizabeth
- Anne
- Trijntje
- Grietje
- Adriana
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1683
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- June 23 » William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
- July 16 » Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands.
- September 11 » Battle of Vienna: Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces.
- October 3 » Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang receives the surrender of the Tungning kingdom on Taiwan after the Battle of Penghu.
- October 6 » Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.
- November 1 » The British Crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.